India's gold-imports in 2019 fell 12% from a year ago to the lowest-level in three-years as retail buying faltered in the second-half after local-prices rallied to a record-high, a government source said. Lower buying by the world's second-biggest consumer of the precious metal could weigh on global-prices that jumped 18% in 2019, but help New-Delhi bring down the trade deficit and support the rupee.